Straw-burning stove



(No Model.) I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

R10. PEYT ON. STRAW BURNING STOVE.

No.4'15',122. PatentedN0v1Z, 1889.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND O. PEYTON, OF TERREIIAUTE, INDIANA.

STRAW-BURNING, STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,122, dated November 12, 1889.

Application filed February 6, 1389. Serial No. 298,814. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND 0. Barron, of Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in stoves which are especially adapted for burning straw, corn-cobs, cornstalks, and other such light fuel and coal and wood.

The objects of my invention are to produce a cook-stove or range in which either light or heavyfuel can be used by the mere insertion or removal of a fire-pot, to feed the air to the light burning fuel entirely from the top, and to provide a conductor by which the air can be conducted directly to the top ofthe burning fuel after most of the fuel has been burned away.

Figure 1' is a plan yiew of a stove which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the fire-pot which is to be used. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a filling-cylinder. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the draft-pipe.

A represents the body of the stove, which, instead of being provided withthe usual-firepot and ash-box, has formed in its front portion a circular chamber or receptacle B, which extends from the top to the bottom of the stove, and into which the portable sheetiron bucket C, provided with a flange D at its upper end,is placed. Inside of this chamber or receptacle B is formed a supporting-flange E, upon which the flange of the bucket C catches so as to hold it suspended, as shown. Inside of this bucket O are formed eyes F,

v into which a removable bail orhandle may be inserted forthe purpose of removing and replacing the bucket G as maybe desired. The covering G to this chamber or receptacle B is made circular, as shown, and enough larger than the bucket- O to allow the bucket to be removed and replaced through the opening into which this cover G fits. This cover G is provided with a pot-hole, and also with a lid A, through which corn-cobs, coal, and

wood are fed, and this lid has a register B and an air-opening H. On the under side of this" cover G, around the opening, is formed the vertical flange I, which extends downward to about the top of the bucket C, as shown in Fig. 2.

When hay, straw, cornstalks, or corn-cobs are used as fuel, they are packed into the bucket O, as a matter of convenience, before the bucket O is placed in position in the stove, and then this fuel is lighted upon its top, and all of the air to support combustion passes through the opening H,. which is provided with a suitable movable cover J for controlling combustion. When the upper portion of the fuel in the bucket O has been consumed and it is desired to increase the amount of combustion which has taken place, a pipe Lis passed down through the opening H, and in proportion as the lower end of this pipe L is made to approach the top of the burning fuel so the amount of combustion is increased. As this combustion takes place from the top downward, all gases, smoke,and

exhalations of all kinds are most perfectly consumed.

Of course the pipe L is not used when the bucket is filled or nearly filled with fuel and the fire is first lighted; but after the fuel has been partially consumed and the tire is not burning rapidlv enough, then the pipe L is passed down through the opening 1-1, when a fiercer combustion takes place immediately.

Each stove will be provided with one or more filling-cylinders N, which are smaller than the buckets C, and which are simply provided with handles to enable them to be conveniently handled. These cylinders N are filled with fuel in the shape of straw, hay, corn-cobs, or cornstalks, and when the fuel in the buckets Chas been consumed or partially consumed the cover G is removed by means of a suitable detachable bail or handle 0, which is provided for this purpose, and then the lower end of the cylinder N is inserted into the top of the bucket C and the fuel is forced from the cylinder into the bucket. These cylinders N are used as a' matt er of convenience, so as toavoid scattering the hay or straw upon the stove or fioor in filling the bucket.

When wood'or coal is to be used, the bucket C is allowed to remain in position, and then the fire-pot P is placed upon the top of the bucket, and the air is fed to this fire-pot through the opening H, and the air which passes through this opening is fed both upon the top and underneath the fire. In one side of the top of this fire-pot is formed an opening Q, through which the air descends into the bucket C, so as to reach the fire from underneath. This opening Q comes directly under the opening H, so that by the insertion of a poker or other instrument through the openings H Q the fire can be stirred in the lower part of the fire-pot by shaking the grate in the usual manner. The fire'pot may be formed either separately from or as a part of the flange R,in which it is placed for support, and then the flange R will rest' upon the top of the bucket C.

For convenience in feeding wood or coal into the fire-pot P, the cover G has a hinged lid A. The cover G is provided with a bulge (J, and the opening is of a corresponding shape, so that when the cover G is removed and a large pot placed in the opening there will be a draft through the space formed by this bulge O. The bucket C catches all the ashes which fall from the lire-pot I, and hence it is only necessary to remove the bucket 0 whenever the ashes are to be cleaned out from the stove. \Vhen hay or straw is being used, but a small amount of ashes is formed, and it is only necessary to remove the bucket occasionally.

The term bucket has been applied to the part 0 so as to distinguish it from the firepot P.

The bucket is preferably used in connection with a fire-pot; but the fire-pot is not used in connection with the bucket when light fuelsuch as'straw-is being used.

The draft being entirely from above, only a perfect combustion will ever take place, and hence there are no products of combustion driven off in the form of soot and smoke.

The radiation of the heat is entirely within the stove, and hence no fuel is consumed unnecessarily. W'hen it is desired to change from one kind of fuel to the other, a separate stove is not required, nor is any greater change made than merely the insertion of or removal of the fire-pot P, and cheap fuel which would otherwise be wasted can be used and at a great saving of expense.

This stove is especially intended for use in those places where coal and Wood cannot always be obtained, as upon the prairie or in open countries.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A stove provided with a chamber or receptacle B and an opening through its top, in combination with the cover G,providcd with an air-opening II, and the bucket C, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the stove provided with a receptacle B, and having an opening through its top, with the cover G, provided with the opening ll and the flange I, and the bucket O, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the stove provided with receptacle B, and having an opening through its top, with the cover G, an air-opening, a conducting-pipe L, and the bucket (3, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the stove having an opening in its top, and provided with the receptacle B, with the cover G, provided with suitable openings through it for the passage of air to control combustion, the bucket C,

and the fire-pot P, placed in the top of the bucket, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of three witnesses.

RAYMOND 0. PI EY'ION. Witnesses:

EDWARD DROUGHT,

S. KULMAN, FRANK TU'ITLE. 

